Shipping-box.



S. G. HALEY.

SHIPPING BOX. APPLioATIoN FILED DB0. `e, 1910.

1,055,034. V l Panenta Mar.4,1913.

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l SHIPPING BOX.

APPLIQATION FILED 1320.8, 1910.

Patented Mar. 4, 1913.

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1,055,034; f j "Specification of Letters Patent." 'PaitentedfMar, 4,1913, Application iuedneeembeps, 1910;""sia1 110.596,'384. L To all 'whom 'it may concern.' i Atratedin thefaccompanyling drawings, .the

Be it known that I, SYDNEY C. HALEY, a box' is designed principally for shipping citizen of the United States, residing at oranges, but it may be advantageously em- Eustis, in the county of Lake and State of plo-yed. for shipping lvarious produce.A i It Florida, have invented a neitr and useful comprises 4in yits construction, a bottom- 1, i

Sfhippingflvox, `of vwhich the following isla Isides 2, endsfor heads 3, a top 4 anda censpecification. 'v Q tral transverse partition 5, all constructed The invention relates#totimprovements in of thin material', such as isf usually eml e manufacture of orange boxes.' The bottom 1 is provided at its ends. with 65 The object .of the present invention is to transverse cleats of bars 6, beveled atY their improve the construction of shipping boxes, oute'rfaces at 7 and having projecting terg and to lessen their cost 0j. manufacture, and i minals 8 offsetting the sides-2 from the side to effecta material 'saving in time and labor" 4edges of the-bottoni to form corner ventiboth in putting the box together at the fac lat-ing openings or cracks. The end/bars or 70 tory and-applying the-topv only to the same cleats of the bottom haveflat uppenfaces 9, aft-ery it has'beeh-illed' 'a"packer. and Pvertical inner edges or shoulders against 'I Another object ofthe invention is to pro which the Abottom portions of the lends or vide a shipping box of this character, adaptheads Sfabut.

.20 ed to be used in the fields as a picking box, Thefsides are provided at their ends with 75 and equipped with nuaansfol enabling the vertical vend cleats or bars 10, beveled at top ^`after the box has been packed and their outer. faces or edges similar to the closed to be readilyremovedwithout tearing transverse bottom bars or cleats 6, and prothe'box topieces', and to be 'replaced'asfsevided at their upper and lowerends with `2E curely as when. originally ,applied lto lthe recesses ll'and 12, and having inner verti- 840 body of the box. A

With these and other objects in view, the 3 of thefbox.I 'The lower recess 12 has 'a -invention consistsin the construction andl horizontal bottom wall and. an inclined top novel combination of parts hereinafter fully' wall, and it conforms to vthe configuration ycal edges to form stops for .the endsl or, heads described, illustrated in/the accompanying of the transverse bottom cleats or bars 6 to f drawings, and pointed out'in the claims interlock the 'sides ofthe box to the bothereto appended it being understoodv that tom` thereof. The sides are provided at various changes-in the" form, proportion, ltheir center with intermediate vertical size and minor details of construction, withcleats or bars 13, .oppositely beveled at ytheir 'in the. scope ofthe claims, may be resorted to inner faces and provided with central verti- 90 without departing from the'spiritor sacri' calgrooves llfor the 'reception of the side cing any ofthe advantages of the invention. edges ofthe transverse partition 5. The ini In thev drawings :#Figure 1"is a perspectermediate vertical bars or cleats of the sides tive ,view 'of a shipping box, constructedgin 2 extend below the lower edges thereof and 40 :accordance Iwith this invention. Fig. 2- is rest upon the bottom 1 at the side edges of 95 aA longitudinal sectional view ofthe same. the latter, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 5 of|` Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view.` Fig.' the drawings. The upper ends of thevinter- Llc'is4 a'transverse 'sectional view on the line mediate vertical.l bars or. eleatsand the up 4-4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a similar view on perhedge ofthe central transverse partition the line 5-5 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is an enlarged are substantially `in the same plane as the detail view, illustrating the ymanner of de'- uppervedges of thesides 2.

tachably connecting the end of the top enl Y The top 4 is of a length slightly in Aexcess lgagingextensions ofthe end hoops.` Fig. 7 vof thatl of the bottomto enable it to be is a detail view of the cam lever.- Fig. 8 yis bowed, as shown in Fig.. 2 of the drawings,

a'detail perspective view of aportion of one to enable the\orangesxto be packed within of the side/s of the box. the box in the usual manner, viz., higher at Like numerals. of reference designate'corthe ncenter .than at the ends. The top is responding 'parts in all the figures of the provided with intermediate and end trans- "drawings,l Vverse bars or cleats 1-5'and1'1t ,The trans# Inthe em odiment of the invention illusf verse bar ork cleat 15 extends, across the 1" lower face of thetop 4 at the center thereof,

` and it is oppositely beveled, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings, and i-t restsupon` 'the intermediate vertical cleats of the sides .and the central transverse partition 5 and to enable thev top to be bowed. Theend cleats or bars 16 `have beveled outer facesA or edges 17 and flat Vorjhorizontal lower edges 18 to fit-in the upper recesses 11 of) range thetr'ansverse bars or cleats 16 in thev located below the tion, .'the box being i nals welded or .otherwise recesses.11 ,.and the ends of the'box are then plane of the central por# bowed longitudinally and the intermediate transverse cleat'orbar 115 forming a fulcrum for the top.

The body of the box including the bottom, sides, ends and the central partition is connected together by intermediate and end wire hoops 19 and 20, having their termif permanently sei cured together to form continuous hoops or.

- of the sides from fhim while into position between th the end cleats.

baii'dsi` .The box is built up within lthehoops or bands, which in practice will'be supported within a suitable cradle or Aframe (not shown). The bottom is. first placed `within 4tlie'hoop's, theny the sides are intro-` duced linto ,the` same while in an inwardly slanted position, and are placed; upon the -bottomin engagement with thetransverse end bars or cleats thereof. The sides aresimultaneously brought to a substantially'vertical position by the'operator who forces one drawing, the other sideto him. The intermediate fpartition is then driven intoV lthe grooves of the strips 13, and the ends or headsare forced esfdes and against The upper edges 21 of the ends. or heads .p the upper edges of Ithe sides. By building,

the interlocking members of Athe body of..

' the box within the hoops instead of'forcing the' hoops over and around the body, the box may be .easil and ra .idl bet u bv unfskilled labor.y l py p u l The end. hoops are provided at the ton with opposite ties orl extensions 22, which are passed over the end portions of the top and connected together'by a locking` 'lever The extensions are preferably formed integral with the sides and bottoni of the hoops orbands, and the top portions 24 of the end hoops or bands consist of separate' pieces of wire, preferably .heavier than the `wire of the sides and bottom of the hoops or bands. and provided at their upper por-Y tions with crimps or bends 25. The terIni.-.v i

nals ofthe top portions 24 are preferably welded to the roiect above the planes of) sides of the hoops or bands,

and the crimped or bent portions render the tops of the end hoops or bands extensible and enable the same to expandiwhen the ends or heads of the box are driven-into place, thereby making a snug fit and causing the sides to frictionally engage the ends or heads ,13 to retain the same in an upright position until the box is packed. The ends of the `extensions are bent on themselves to yfoi-m \lo'ops 26, and the terminals 27 of the ywire.` are twisted,'as shown. 'The loops at the en s of theextensions may be'connected to-4 gether in a variety of ways forl fastening thetop on .the body of the boxlj In the accompanying drawingsI have shown the'cam lever- 23 for detachably securing the `ends of .the ties or extensions `22 together. The

cam" lever 23 is.preferablyhonstructed of af i single piece of stout wire, and consists of a straight handle portion and aacurved enUag-' ingportion 29, substantially hook-shaplJ as shown, and terminating in an eye 3Q, which.

is formed at one of the terminals of the bent laterally at right angles'andpointe'd to'form a-spur or pron 31. The eye. 30 is llinked into the loop o one yofthe .ties or extensions, and the lever is passed'through the other loop and is oscillated to carry s uch loop to the curved hook-shaped portion.

- This draws the ends of the ties or extensions together and. tightly binds the top on the body'of thebox. When the lever 1s 1n its locking position, as illustrated in 6, it yis adapted tobe swung over on the side, and

the prong orr spur is'ad'apted to be driven into the top of the box, whereby the lever Vis securely retained in its locked position.

The spur pierces the veneer and is embedded in the end cleat 16 of the top 4. By this construction the handlever may be operated in an upright position, and then secured in a horizontal position. The body of the lever `wire. 'The other terIifiinf/il of th'e wire "is is adapted tol be disengaged from the top of.`

the box without releasing .the connected ends of the loops, so that it is not necessary to drive the spur into the top to fasten the latter en the body. `The fastening means will i' l enable the top of the box to be removed without tearing the box to pieces, and it may be replaced and fastened in position with equal facility. The end hoops or bands encircle the box atthe outside of the ends or heads, and the pressure or tension is'suiicient to retain the hoops or bands inposition. The projecting terminals of theend cleats of the bottom besides Cif-setting the iso sides to forml the Ventilating openings or i cracks extend slightly beyond the hoops and serve asstops to prevent the end hoops or portions from slipping off lthe box.

l`Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by .Letters Patent, is

1. A Shipping box comprising a body includ'ing a' bottom, sides and ends, continuous hoops or bands encircling `the body and provided at opposite sides thereof with ties or extensions, and a cover tted on the body over thehoopsor bands and secured by the ties or extensions, which are extended across the outer face of the cover. 2. A shipping box comprising al body including a bottom, sides and ends, continuous transversely disposed hoops or bands encircling the bottom and sides and extendingacross the open top of the body, a cover fitted on the body over the hoops or bands, and ties or extensions passed over the cover and'connected to the opposite sides of the hoops or bands below the cover, whereby the cover may be detached without removing the hoops from the body.

Y 3. The combination with a box body in- 20 cluding a bottom, sides and ends, a top, and

a continuous hoop or band encircling the body below the top and provided at oppo- -site sides of the box with ties having terminal loops and extended across the outer face o the top, and a lever connected at one end to one of the loops Land provided adjacent to the same with a curved hook-shaped portion adapted to be passed. through the other loop for securing the ties together, 'said lever being provided at its other end with a laterally projecting spur adapted to be driven' into the top.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing Witnesses: HELEN EvELYN HALEY, ELIZABETH CLARK I-IALEY.

' as my own, I have hereto aiflxed my signaf 

